NEWS: 'Star Wars' Director J.J. Abram's Production Company Pledges $10 Million to Organizations With "Anti-Racist Agendas"

Earlier this week, The Walt Disney Company wrote a statement addressing “issues of racial disparity”.

Now, a frequent Disney collaborator has announced that his production company will be donating to groups aimed at racial equality in the US.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Star Wars director J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robots Productions, in combination with The Katie McGrath and JJ Abrams Family Foundation, will be donating $10 million over the course of the next five years to organizations that “anti-racist agendas that close the gaps, lift the poor and build a just America for all.”

So far, “The Equal Justice Initiative, the Black Futures Lab, the Know Your Rights Camp, Black Lives Matter L.A. and the Community Coalition are the first organizations to receive donations from Bad Robot and the Foundation, with each receiving $200,000”, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

To read their statement in full, you can visit the Bad Robot Instagram page.